HIGHLIGHTS

General

• Waushara County Fair (August 13-16, 2009)
• Tri-County Trends (Waushara, Marquette, and Green Lake Counties) (52 pages, 2.64 MB)
• Tri-County Trends (Waushara, Marquette, and Green Lake Counties) (52 slides, 1.94 MB)
• Waushara County Demographic Presentation (46 pages, 1.43 MB)
• Waushara County Deomgraphic Presentation (46 slides, 2.42MB)
• Waushara County Demographics and other Statistics
• Waushara County Hispanic/Latino Focus Group Study
• 2006 Waushara Hispanic Coalition
• Tri-County Leadership Initiatitve
• Overview of Cooperative Extension provided by Dean Rick Klemme on Wisconsin Public Radio

Agriculture

• Economic Impact of Agriculture in Waushara County
• Waushara County UW-Extension Agriculture Program

Community Development

• Comprehensive Planning in Waushara County Waushara County Meeting: Public Hearing and Zoning Committee Meeting: (November 19 , 7:00, Courthouse County Board Room in Wautoma) Municipal meetings: Town of Coloma Public Hearing (December 1, 6:00, Coloma Library/Community Center), Village of Coloma (October 29 , 5:30, Coloma Library/Community Center), Town of Deerfield Public Hearing (November 19, 7:00, Deerfield Town Hall), Town of Mt Morris (October 30 , 7:00. Mt Morris Community Center), Town of Saxeville Public Hearing (November 16, 7:30 , Saxeville Town Hall)
• Tri-County Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club meeting - Monday, Ocotber 12 at 6:00 in Room 268 at the Waushara County Courthouse, 209 S Ste Marie Street, Wautoma. Speaker will be Phil Manke, local entrepreneur and inventor, who successfully operates a solar hot water business in Waushara County, At the Bridge Affordable Solar. The website for his business is http://web.mac.com/manke2. For more information contact the Patrick Nehring at the Waushara County UW-Extension Office (patrick.nehring@ces.uwex.edu or (920) 787-0416), Jason Kauffeld at the Green Lake County UW-Extension Office (Jason.kauffeld@ces.uwex.edu or  (920) 294-4032), or Marty Havlovic at the Marquette County UW-Extension Office (martin.havlovic@ces.uwex.edu or (608) 297-3137).
• Small Business Basics Workshop: Writing a Winning Business Plan - This two-hour workshop will discuss the basics of writing a plan to start, grow or expand a business; including how to research industry trends, market opportunities, and existing competition. In addition to time for questions and answers, each workshop participant will receive a notebook with useful information and forms, along with contact information for local organizations which provide free assistance to startup and existing small businesses. Tuesday, October 20 in the Demonstration Room of the Waushara County Courthouse in Wautoma, 6 - 8 pm. Cost: $25
• Aquatic Invasive Species AIS Report for Waushara County as of November 19, 2008 - A report by Paul Skawinski, AIS Specialist for Waushara County. Report includes information on Banded Mystery Snail and Hybrid Milfoil.
• Tri-County Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club meeting - Monday, November 9 at 6:00 in Room 268 at the Waushara County Courthouse, 209 S Ste Marie Street, Wautoma. For more information contact the Patrick Nehring at the Waushara County UW-Extension Office (patrick.nehring@ces.uwex.edu or (920) 787-0416), Jason Kauffeld at the Green Lake County UW-Extension Office (Jason.kauffeld@ces.uwex.edu or  (920) 294-4032), or Marty Havlovic at the Marquette County UW-Extension Office (martin.havlovic@ces.uwex.edu or (608) 297-3137).
• Waushara County UW-Extension Community Development Program - Information on Organization development, Economic development organizations, Sources for demographic, economic, natural resource, and other data, maps, studies, and information about the Waushara County Area, Planning in Waushara County / Planificación el Condado de Waushara, and government operation.
  
  
  

Family Living

• Waushara County UW-Extension Family Living Program
• 2003 Waushara County Key Informant Interview Study

4-H Youth Development

• Waushara County UW-Extension 4-H Youth Development Program
• 4-H Clover Clipper

Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program (WNEP)

• WNEP provides community based education programs within a research-based content. We serve Wisconsin citizens in 64 Counties.
• Terri Hernandez, Nutrition Educator with the Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program (WNEP), works with low- income families and individuals. She teaches people about choosing and preparing healthful food, while handling it in a safe manner. Terri also helps individuals and familiesbecome more food secure by spending their food dollars wisely. The mission of WNEP (Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program) is to develop and implement community-based nutrition education programs for limited-income individuals and families. Education is provided in collaboration with numerous community partners in Waushara County.

MISSION

With an office in each Wisconsin county, Cooperative Extension develops practical educational programs tailored to local needs and based on university knowledge and research.

County-based Extension educators are University of Wisconsin faculty and staff who are experts in agriculture and agribusiness, community and economic development, natural resources, family living and youth development.

Extension county-based faculty and staff live and work with the people they serve in communities across the state. Extension specialists work on UW System campuses where they access current research and knowledge. Collaboration between county and campus faculty is the hallmark of Cooperative Extension in Wisconsin.

ABOUT US

State funded universities and research officially began in 1862 with Abraham Lincoln's ratification of the Morrill Act which endowed states with large parcels of land that were sold to help fund universities and research stations.

These universities were a great success. They were often free or of nominal cost to state residents and in many cases the only source of non-biased information for state residents. This success paired with more progressive governors of the early 1900's, mainly Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin and Teddy Roosevelt of New York, helped influence county level university agents (Wisconsin's first was in 1912) and eventually the 1914 Smith-Lever Act with provided federal support for university extension services in all land-grant universities.

Those progressive notions of making the universities resources available to every state resident and never letting research that could improve our lives sit on a shelf are what we try to make a reality for Waushara residents. We are located in the basement of the Wautoma Courthouse and offer information in the areas of agriculture, community resource development, family living, and youth development.

Feel free to call, email, or drop in during normal business hours.

University of Wisconsin – Extension provides equal opportunities and programming, including Title IX and ADA Requirements.

El Departamento de Extensión de la Universidad de Wisconsin proporciona igualdad de oportunidades en empleo y programas, incluidos los requisitos del Title IX y ADA